Sec. 7.1. (a) A hospital police officer employed by a nonprofit hospital may exercise the powers granted under this chapter as follows:

(1) A police officer may exercise the police officer’s powers upon real property owned, leased, or occupied by the nonprofit hospital employing the police officer, including the streets passing through and adjacent to the hospital.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-18-4-7.1

  • hospital: includes a health system. See Indiana Code 16-18-4-1.5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) This subdivision applies only to a police officer who meets the minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary for employment as a law enforcement officer. A nonprofit hospital may extend a police officer’s territorial jurisdiction to the entire state, or to any part of the state, if:

(A) the governing board of the nonprofit hospital adopts a resolution specifically describing the territorial jurisdiction of a police officer appointed under this chapter;

(B) the governing board of the nonprofit hospital notifies the:

(i) superintendent of the state police department;

(ii) sheriff of the county in which the institution is primarily located (or the chief of police of the consolidated city, if the institution is primarily located in a consolidated city);

(iii) county sheriff of any county located in the extended territorial jurisdiction; and

(iv) chief of police of any municipality located in the extended territorial jurisdiction;

of the boundaries of the extended territorial jurisdiction; and

(C) the effective date of the extended territorial jurisdiction occurs after December 31, 2023.

The institution shall provide the persons described in subdivision (2)(B)(i) through (2)(B)(iv) with notice of the extended jurisdiction every two (2) years, by January 31 of the second year.

     (b) If a hospital police officer appointed under this chapter exercises the police officer’s powers outside of the county in which the institution is primarily located or the extended territorial jurisdiction, the police officer shall notify the sheriff (or, in the case of a consolidated city, the chief of police) as soon as practicable.

As added by P.L.122-2023, SEC.16.

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